Holy jackpot! Adam West shows off new Batman slots at Pechanga

Adam West stands in front of Pechanga Resort & Casino's Batman slot at its launch on Wednesday, June 25. Pechanga is the first casino in the world to install the machine, which stands 10 1/2 feet high.

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Adam West's Batman is back in the spotlight

• DC Comics began publishing a digital comic based on the series called "Batman '66" in July 2013. The comic features the likenesses of the actors from the show and keeps the campy tone in place. As of this month, the series is up to 37 issues.

• All 120 episodes of the television series are set to be released for the first time on DVD this year. Robin himself, Burt Ward, told the crowd at the St. Louis Comic-Con to expect the release in time for Christmas.

Batman Classic TV Series slot game

Features: "Batman is the first game in a new category from Aristocrat called Wonder Wheels. It features three wheels intended to increase players' engagement and retention."

Nostalgia: Still photos and videos from the "Batman" TV series, newly recorded sound bytes by Adam West.

Batman swung by Temecula on Wednesday to show off his new wheels.

They won’t replace the Batmobile, but they have the ability to take people to a happy place as long as their money lasts.

The wheels are on a high-tech slot machine based on the 1960s “Batman” TV series. It premiered at Pechanga Resort & Casino.

Pechanga is the first casino in the world to install the game, said Dallas Orchard, vice president of gaming for Aristocrat Technologies Incorporated, the Las Vegas-based company that makes it.

Adam West, star of the series, was at the casino for the launch, signing autographs for a long line of fans, some who greeted his arrival by singing the theme song from the show. The game is a high point in the resurgence of the TV series and its campy, pop-art take on the Caped Crusader.

The series ran from 1966 to 1968 on ABC in half-hour episodes during which West and Burt Ward, as Batman and Robin, battled an array of guest stars in a comic book landscape complete with cartoon words of pain such as “kapow,” “splaat” and “whap” superimposed upon the action.

West described the series as a comedy.

“I think when I read the pilot script I thought, ‘This is so brilliantly written as a wonderfully different kind of comedy that it could work.’ And if we could get it to appeal to the children and the adults, we had a chance at some longevity,” he said in a telephone interview Tuesday.

The Batman slot machine arrived at Pechanga on June 10 and was positioned in front of Kelsey’s restaurant.

“With the help of the casino, within a 24-hour period we were able to get the games completely configured, coin tested, released by the Gaming Commission and ready to play,” Orchard said.

By Wednesday’s formal launch, it had reached a progressive jackpot of $318,00.

The game captures the spirit with video clips played on 55-inch LCD screens, sound bytes and images of the series’ three main villains: the Joker, played by Cesar Romero; the Riddler, played by Frank Gorshin; and Catwoman, played by Julie Newmar, although Lee Meriweather and Eartha Kitt also played the role during the show’s run.

“We had three (Catwomen). That's a number of lives to deal with,” quipped West.

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